Materials Advent 2018 Part 16 – Glitter

The New York times has already run the most whimsical materials science piece of the day and I won’t attempt to top the delightful Caity Weaver. So discover What is Glitter, or aluminum metalized polyethylene terephthalate.

Model of polyethylene terephthalate. Oxygen atoms are red, hydrogen atoms are white/gray, and carbon atoms are black.